King's Bench Division
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April 13, 2024
Master of the Senior Courts, King’s Bench Division, Retirement: Master McCloud
Master Victoria Helen McCloud retires with effect from 13 April 2024. Background information Master McCloud was called to the Bar (Lincoln’s Inn) in 1995. She was appointed a Member of the Bar Equality and Diversity Committee in 2004 and a Deputy District Judge and Deputy Costs Judge/Taxing Master in 2006. She was appointed Deputy Adjudicator […]
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February 1, 2024
High Court: Retirement of The Honourable Sir Peter Richard Lane
The Honourable Sir Peter Richard Lane retires as a Judge of the High Court (King’s Bench) with effect from 1 February 2024. Background information Sir Peter Lane was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1976 and admitted as a Solicitor in 1985. He was appointed a part-time Immigration Adjudicator in 1996, an Immigration Judge […]
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January 25, 2024
Appointment of a High Court Judge: Mould KC
The King is pleased to approve the appointment of a Justice of the High Court. This appointment will take effect from 1 February 2024. The candidate approved as a High Court Judge is Timothy Mould KC. This appointment will fill a vacancy in the High Court following elevations to the Court of Appeal and confirmed retirements. […]
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January 25, 2024
Appointment of a High Court Judge: Sheldon KC
The King is pleased to approve the appointment of a Justice of the High Court. This appointment will take effect from 1 February 2024. The candidate approved as a High Court Judge is Clive Sheldon KC. This appointment will fill a vacancy in the High Court following elevations to the Court of Appeal and confirmed retirements. […]
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September 27, 2023
Master of The King’s Bench Division: Armstrong
The King has appointed Richard Armstrong to be a Master of the King’s Bench Division on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Alex Chalk KC MP and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon. The Lord Chief Justice has assigned him to the […]
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September 1, 2023
The Senior Master, King’s Bench Division of the High Court and King’s Remembrancer: Retirement of Senior Master Fontaine
Senior Master Barbara Janet Fontaine retires as The Senior Master, King’s Bench Division of the High Court and King’s Remembrancer with effect from 1 September 2023. Background information Senior Master Fontaine was admitted as a Solicitor in 1978. She was appointed a Deputy Queen’s Bench Master in 1997 and Master of the Senior (formerly Supreme) […]
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August 24, 2023
Senior Master of the King’s Bench Division: Cook
Jeremy David Cook has been appointed as Senior Master of the King’s Bench Division by the Lord Chief Justice, the Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon. The Lord Chief Justice has assigned him to the King’s Bench Division with effect from 18 September 2023. Background Information Jeremy David Cook will be known as Senior […]
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March 24, 2023
High Court: Retirement of The Honourable Sir Robin Godfrey Spencer
The Honourable Sir Robin Godfrey Spencer retires as a Judge of the High Court (King’s Bench) with effect from 24 March 2023. Background information Sir Robin Spencer was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1978, took Silk in 1999 and was elected a Bencher in 2005. He was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1993, […]
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March 18, 2023
High Court: Retirement of The Honourable Sir Nigel Sweeney
The Honourable Sir Nigel Sweeney retires as a Judge of the High Court (King’s Bench) with effect from 18 March 2023. Background information Sir Nigel Sweeney was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1976, was elected a Bencher in 1997 and took Silk in 2000. He was appointed a Recorder in 1997 and a […]
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March 3, 2023
Appointment of a High Court Judge: Julia Dias KC
The King is pleased to approve the appointment of a Justice of the High Court. This appointment will take effect from 20 March 2023. The candidate approved as a High Court Judge is Julia Dias KC. This appointment will fill a vacancy in the High Court following elevations to the Court of Appeal and confirmed […]